nyslfriends Chapter 88 Who is the prey?
Chapter 88 Who is the prey?
When we left the camp, the night was already over.
The only improvement is the fog effect around the camp. The situation inside the camp is only slightly better than outside, where the fog outside the camp is so thick that you can't see your hand in front of your face.
Instead of returning to the Tai Xuan Dao meditation room, he turned and walked out of the camp.
With the Ling Shu constantly monitoring the surroundings, there is no fear of being obscured by the fog.
He had only taken a few steps out of the camp when he stopped. A warning came from the Spirit Pivot: the Black Sable that had been following him had reappeared and was lurking in the bushes not far away.
The scent of the black sable's glands was immediately detected by Ling Shu upon its appearance.
Li Ya's heart tightened. It seemed that the black sable was truly persistent. It was extremely fast. If it weren't for the mist that could block the connection between magical treasures, he should have killed it with his sword when he first discovered it.
I never expected that even after using all my methods of interference, this beast would still manage to find his way all the way to the Tai Xuan Dao camp.
"You can't guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief yourself!"
That unknown cultivator must have seen me enter and exit the cave. Now that it concerns my very survival, it seems I need to take the risk and try to kill him.
Li Ya's eyes grew increasingly murderous as he headed towards the river where the dark wood was located. According to the stall owner, the river was extremely well hidden and not easily detected.
"This place is a geomantically auspicious site suitable for burial, as it can transform sacred wood into yin energy."
Li Ya continued forward, his expression remaining calm and composed, occasionally referring to the map, much like a cultivator searching for treasure using a map.
Now that the fog is so thick it's almost tangible, ranged magic items can only be used at close range, which means that having the help of the Spirit Pivot gives him a huge advantage.
By capturing the enemy's true energy fluctuations in real time and predicting the opponent's attack trajectory, under the suppression of Fallen Dragon Valley, the opponent's level is no higher than the fifth level of Qi Refining Perfection. It is only one level difference, which Ling Shu can make up for.
As he continued along the winding path, the fog grew thicker and heavier, and a sense of unease rose in Li Ya's heart, along with an uncontrollable surge of killing intent.
"Damn cultivator, you followed me here! I will tear you to pieces and turn you into fertilizer for my winter medicine..."
The further Li Ya went, the more murderous intent filled his mind, ignoring the constant warnings from Ling Shu.
"bite……"
"Buzz..."
Just as his eyes were about to be completely covered by crimson, the five statues in the Five Emperors Palace opened their eyes simultaneously.
The Chen Su Tian Du Sword Pellet then emitted a clear sword cry, and its inner fire suddenly blazed fiercely.
Li Ya's consciousness only returned to clarity at this moment.
"Was I possessed by a ghost just now?"
He immediately focused his mind on the Ling Shu (a spiritual text), and was greatly alarmed, breaking out in a cold sweat on his back.
……
[Fellow Daoist, please note: There is an unknown spiritual substance in the mist, and its concentration is increasing...]
[Fellow Daoist, please note: You have inhaled an excessive amount of an unknown spiritual entity...]
[...mental distress...]
……
After reading the warning, Li Ya felt a lingering fear. If there were external forces interfering with the soul, the Spirit Pivot would take the initiative to fight back. However, everything was a change within itself, and the Spirit Pivot could only be helpless.
"No wonder the records say that staying in this Fallen Dragon Valley for too long can drive people mad and make them fall into demonic possession. Even those with methods to protect their souls are mostly affected. It seems that this mist is the culprit."
"The stronger one's soul, the more susceptible one is to influence."
Li Ya immediately swallowed a calming pill and slowed down his breathing.
The cultivator who had been following him had probably been lying in ambush outside all this time, and the fog was likely having a greater impact on him. Li Ya had already made up his mind.
When Ling Shu indicated that they had arrived at the riverbed where the Yin Shen wood was located, a glint flashed in Li Ya's eyes.
He didn't know if the monk, who was in the shadows, could see his movements clearly, but he still pretended to be completely unguarded.
He raised his hand to pluck at the weeds beside him, and occasionally bent down to turn over stones, just like any other ordinary cultivator searching for spiritual materials along the way.
Only Li Ya himself knew that with each time he bent down to investigate, he would lose one talisman in his hand.
Thunderclap Talisman, Mountain-Shattering Talisman, Body-Immobilizing and Spirit-Stabilizing Talisman, Immortal-Binding Talisman...
These are all high-quality talismans purchased from Dugu City. The placement of each talisman was calculated by Li Ya, ensuring a seamless connection between them and maximizing the maximum effectiveness.
These talismans are woven into a comprehensive spirit talisman killing array.
Inside the Ling Shu Cave, Ling Pei was not idle either. She took the clothes that Li Ya usually wore and stuffed them with the weeds that she usually cleared from the medicinal field, quickly shaping them into a dummy.
After doing all this, Lingpei sank the dummy to the bottom of the water and then slipped into the Lingshu Cave.
With Xuan Diao leading the way, Zuo Qingshan, who was groping his way up, was breathing more and more rapidly and erratically. The murderous aura in his chest was churning and surging, and he was on the verge of exploding.
The black sable on his shoulder immediately gripped his clothes, and he immediately used his true energy to draw upon the magical power within the Little Heavenly Enclosure Seal.
The small Tianyuan Seal lit up one after another, and the surrounding space instantly became as if frozen.
Hidden within the Spirit Pivot of Heaven, Li Ya instantly sensed something amiss.
The Ling Shu Cave Heaven was cut off from the outside world, just like a bag that had been tied up tightly.
"So this is his method. It seems his goal is the Ling Shu Cave Heaven. I was too careless. I need to be more cautious when entering and leaving the cave heaven in the future."
Under the divine power of the Little Heavenly Enclosure Seal, the fog along the river suddenly dissipated, and Zuo Qingshan looked around but could not see Li Ya's figure.
Just then, a figure underwater caught his attention. He saw the figure suddenly rush forward, his true energy surging.
The extremely powerful true energy smashed into the river, instantly stopping the flow of the river.
The talismans hidden in the surrounding grass lit up.
The Immobilization Talisman and the Binding Talisman were activated immediately. Zuo Qingshan felt his body sink and he could not move. He was shocked.
Just as they were about to connect with the Little Heavenly Enclosure Seal, the Thunderclap Talisman and Mountain Collapse Talisman between the rocks began to detonate one after another.
"Boom boom boom!"
Lightning flashes and sparks flew, and explosions echoed one after another in the narrow valley.
He channeled his inner energy to block, and the jade belt around his waist instantly cracked, revealing an invisible barrier.
The aftershocks of the explosion in front of him pushed him backward, and the power of lightning raged across the barrier.
Before he could even land, another explosion rang out behind him, followed by another tremendous force that pushed him forward.
Although the invisible barrier could withstand the enormous damage from the explosion, the recoil force within it still had to be borne by his body.
A moment later, when the smoke cleared, Zuo Qingshan stood up, leaning on his long sword, with drops of blood dripping from the tip of his nose.
"That despicable jerk tricked me!"
He was trembling all over, gritting his teeth as he spat out each word, his pupils shrinking to a single point.
At that moment, ripples appeared on the water's surface, and the figure underwater began to move.
Now, stimulated by the fog and the ambush he had just witnessed, he had completely stopped thinking. He used one hand as a claw to snatch the figure in the water from the air.
"brute……"
When he saw the grass mannequin in the air, he felt a throbbing pain in his chest, as if a surge of energy was expanding inside him, yet he couldn't release it.
He thought of himself as the hidden hunter, and Li Ya as a lamb to the slaughter. He believed that he only needed to make a slight move to capture the lamb.
Unexpectedly, another hunter followed the sheepskin, mocking his clumsy methods.
"kill……"
Zuo Qingshan swung his sword fiercely, splitting the dummy in mid-air in two.
Robes and weeds fell one after another, and a crisp metallic sound was heard clearly as they hit the ground.
A round ball the size of a walnut was rolling on the rocky beach, its surface covered with cracks, from which a bright white light shone through.
Immediately, the surroundings were enveloped in blazing white light, and countless bolts of lightning trembled, slamming heavily onto the barrier.
The already ravaged barrier, its thickness reduced by more than half, was as fragile as paper in the face of the condensed and violent lightning.
"Snap!"
A crisp, ear-piercing cracking sound rang out, and the invisible barrier instantly shattered and became covered in cracks under the shock of the lightning.
The violent lightning surged into his body, rampaging through his skin and blood vessels.
In an instant, countless tiny bolts of lightning pierced through the skin and flesh, invading the meridians and internal organs, and the excruciating pain of tearing flesh instantly swept over every inch of blood and flesh.
He felt as if thousands of steel needles were piercing his body and his internal organs were being torn apart by tremendous force.
puff!
A mouthful of blood, mixed with tiny fragments of internal organs, gushed from his mouth, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
He was violently thrown away by the raging lightning and crashed heavily to the ground.